Wrapper for articles of merchandise.



E. HOPKIN SON.

WRAPPER FOR ARTICLES 0F MERCHANDISE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV= 23 I914.

Patnted Oct.12,1915. I

ERNEST HOPKINSON, OF EAST ORANGE, .NEW JERSEY.

WRAPPER FOR ARTICLES OF MERCHANDISE.

' Specification of Letters-Patent. I

Patented Oct. 12, 1915.

Application filed November 23, 1914. Serial. No. 873,489.

' To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ERNEST HOPKINSON,.

a citizen of the United States, and residing in East Orange, county of Essex, and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wrappers for Articles of Merchandise, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact disclosure.

My invention relates to such articles of merchandise as are protected from wear and injury during delivery to the consumer by means of a spiral wrapping of paper or similar-flexible material.

The object. of my invention is to provide means in connection with such a spiralwrapper or strip of material which shall not only enable the wrapper to be quickly and easily removed, but also shall prevent the pieces of the wrapper from being scattered about during the removal of the same and which shall also 'hold the wrappings ,or convolutions of the wrapper firmly and securely in position when they are being handled so that they may reach the consumer in good condition and having a neat and pleasing appearance. f For a detailed description of a-preferred form of ,myinvention, reference may be had to the following specification and the accompanying drawing forming a part thereof in which: i c

Figure 1 is a side elevation of an automobile tire having aspiral wrapper thereon and my improved means for removing the same applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a plan view of a portion of a wrapped tire havingthe means for removing the. same shown projecting-therefrom. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view of a tire casing showing the manner of. placing the wrapping and the removing means thereon. Fig. t is a side elevation ofv a tire casing indicating the manner in which. the wrapping is removed and the manner in which the pieces thereof are held upon the central strip.

Referring to the drawing the numeral 1 indicates a spiral wrapper consisting of -a stripof paper or similar fibrous material.

The numeral Qindicates a strip of suit able material having greater tensile or tearing strength than the strip ;of material wound spirally about the article. This strip has an adhesivesub'stan'ce, such as glue or paste, applied'.to-its outer surface and the spiral wrappings are placed overthe same wrapper and attached when the paste isin a wet or tacky condit1on.' In this manner all of the convolutions or turns of the wrapping are securely fas-' 'tened together to prevent the same from slipping relatively. One end of the longitudinal strip is allowed to project from beneath two of the convolutions to provide an end by which said strip may be grasped when the covering 'is to be removed from the tire or similar article, as indicated at 3. The longitudinal or tearing strip is preferably composed of cloth or some similar material which'has a greater strength than the wrapper itself so that the wrapper will become torn before the longitudinal strip is broken.

In Fig. 3 it will be noted that the longi' tudinal strip which is shown in section is placed slightly at one side of the central medial plane of the tire casing. This is for the reason that one side is thereby locate slightly lower on the tire casing than,

the'other edge, thereby-producing greater ten- .sion during the tearing operation at that edge andso causing the spiral strips to be torn on one side of the central strip before it is torn on the other. This causes all of the windings to adhere to the strip atone end and they will therefore not be scattered about, but may be easily retained and so dissame are severed by pulling the end of said circumferential strip outwardly.

2. In combination with a wrapper for an annular article of merchandise, consisting of a spirally wrapped strip of flexible material, astrip of material having greater tearing resistance than said wrapper located circumferentially of said article withinv said to the successive .con-

volutions thereof.

3. In combination witha wrapper for tire casings consisting of a spirally Wrapped Signed at New York, county andl State strip of flexible material, a strip of material of New York, this 20th day of November, having a greater tearing resistance than 1914.

said Wrapper and located Within the same ERNEST HOPKINSON. 5 and attached thereto at one side of the cen- Witnesses:

tral longitudinal line of the circumference FRANCIS BOYLE,

of said'casing. EDW. W. VAILL. 

